Student Grab Bag

I will put links and resources on this page that the OHMS community may find helpful, interesting, or just plain fun. Send me suggestions about anyting you would like to see added.

Crossword Puzzle Makers

Here are some free online tools tat are fairly easy to use for creating crossword puzzles. They work pretty much the same: you type in your words and clues, and it generates crossword puzzles.

Crossword Puzzle Maker from ArmoredPenguin.com. You type in your words and clues, and it will create a crossword.

Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker from Variety Games. You can use crossword puzzles created with this tool anywhere, just give credit (i.e. "Puzzle made with puzzle-maker.com")

edHelper.com has a crossword puzzle maker, as well as word search and sudoku puzzle makers. This site is dedicated to providing teachers a single stop for educational resources.

Current Issues

Deseret News Salt Lake City daily newspaper
Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City daily newspaper
Scholastic News Online, an online news source for kids
CRAM Science, an online popular-science magazine for teens
Smithsonian Magazine, an online site to complement the Smithsonian print magazine about art, history, sciences, and popular culture

Geography Quizzes

Test your knowledge of countries, capitols, states, and provinces with the quizzes available from Lizard Point Geography Quizzes.

Graph Maker

Here is a free online tool for creating graphs of all kinds: pie, line, bar. Plug in your data and watch it grow.

Create a Graph from Learning with NCES Kids' Zone